Special Issue A 13, December 2019 ISSN:2320-7817(p) 2320-964X(0) Original Article Open Access Noteworthy on colourless euglenoids from North Maharashtra region, India Kumawat DA, Patil Jayashri K and Shaikh Tauseef J Department of Botany, Dhanaji Nana Mahavidyalaya, Faizpur – 425503 Dist. Jalgaon (M.S) Email-
[email protected] Manuscript details: ABSTRACT Available online on During the course of studies on biodiversity in algae from North Maharashtra http://www.ijlsci.in region, the authors came across the 13 colourless euglenoids during January 2019 to November 2019. These are Khawkinea quartana (Moroft) Jahn et MC ISSN: 2320-964X (Online) Kibbben, Astasia comma Pringsh., A. klebsii Lemm. , A. applanata Pringsh., ISSN: 2320-7817 (Print) Rhabdomonas costata (Korsch) Pringsh. , Peranema cuneatum Playf., P. inflexum Skuja, Urceolus gobii Skv. Petalomonas tricarinata Skuja, Anisonema platysomum Skuja, Entosiphon ovatum Stokes, Heteronema acutissimum Skuja, Cite this article as: Kumawat DA Patil Jayashri K & & Gyropaigne spirale (Mutv.) Bourr. These were found in polluted Shaikh Tauseef J (2019) waterbodies which have pH below 6 except khawakenea quartana was Noteworthy on colourless reported in freshwater, it’s pH was 7.9. The species Gyropaigne spirale is euglenoids from North Maharashtra first time recorded from India. All the presented species are described region, India, Int. J. of. Life Sciences, thoroughly & illustrated in this paper. Special Issue, A13: 155-159. Keywords: Colourless, Euglenoids, Maharashtra. Copyright: © Author, This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons INTRODUCTION Attribution-Non-Commercial - No Derives License, which permits use Euglenoids are interesting and beautiful microorganisms in biology that can and distribution in any medium, eat food as animals by heterotrophy and can photosynthesis like plants by provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non- autotrophy, hence called them “plant-animal” organism in kingdom.